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typeId: term
recordId: decryption-capability
fields:
  title: Decryption Capability
  definition: A capability allowing a package, host, station, or invocation to
    access plaintext or request decryption under local policy.
  order: 1370
  usage:
    - Decryption should be scoped to specific blobs, descriptors, invocations,
      leases, data classes, and recipients.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 12. Encryption, decryption, and disclosure terminology
---
